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#208 Sam Harris on Objective Moral Values and Duties
Dear William,
I have a few questions in the context of your recent debate with Sam Harris.
1. In relation to the contention that objective moral values can be grounded on God, I have the impression that the two of you were talking past each other. You defended the view that it is ontologically possible for God to ground objective moral values, to which at the Q&A session Sam appeared to agree. Sam's objection was that the God of Bible-centric Christianity does not in fact ground objective moral values, simply because in the Bible He makes some commands which are objectively wrong. At the beginning of the debate you made clear that the irrelevance of the question of the existence of God. I wonder if it wouldn't have been better to also have made clear at the beginning that whether God is in fact how the Bible describes or how anybody understands the Bible, is also irrelevant.
2. At the Q&A session a participant suggested the following argument:
a) You can't derive an "ought" from an "is".
b) The existence of God is an "is" statement.
c) Therefore you can't derive an "ought" from the existence of God.
(c) appears to contradict your contention that objective moral values are grounded in God. Your response appeared to be that this is indeed why God's commands are needed.
Now I have always understood that (a) is true only on naturalism, and that on theism one can ground (both in the epistemic and ontological senses) an "ought" on an "is": On theism all existence is grounded on God who, being a person, has a moral dimension. So facts about contingent existents (such as actions or states of affairs) can have a moral dimension too.
Moreover theism offers a natural semantic understanding of ethics: God created the universe with a purpose. Actions and states of affairs in the universe are morally good to the degree that they further or comport with that purpose, and are ethically evil to the degree that they conflict with that purpose.
I wonder about your thoughts concerning the above.
3. I think that your "knock-down" argument against the identity between the moral landscape and the personal well-being landscape is valid, and that it is a pity that Sam did not try to respond. Couldn't he have responded that even though it is true that the two landscapes are not identical his basic argument does survive because it is reasonable to believe that the two are nevertheless sufficiently close? Indeed, doesn't Jesus' talk in the Gospels about what profits us or about creating eternal treasure, imply the idea that the moral landscape and the personal well-being landscape are so close that one can effectively use the later to find out about the former?
And in any case, do you think there is anything wrong with agreeing with Sam's project on the epistemic level? Can't a Christian agree that one can find out about objective moral values using the non-theistic epistemic means that Sam proposes, while pointing out that this is only possible in a theistic reality?
Dianelos
It's gratifying to think that folks as far away as Greece were following this debate on the internet!
1. Your first question has to do with my first contention, that if God exists, then we have a sound foundation for objective moral values and duties. I argued that on theism God Himself, as the greatest conceivable being, is the paradigm and locus of moral value and that His essential character is expressed toward us in the form of divine commandments, which constitute our moral duties.
I think the problem was not that Harris and I were talking past each other but that Harris was unable to raise any substantive objection to my Divine Command Theory and so reverted to his usual anti-Christian shtick, inveighing against biblical doctrines like hell and Christian particularism. That this is the case is evident from the fact that I explained clearly in my second speech that these issues were irrelevant to the topic at hand, since Divine Command Theorists include theists who are neither Jews nor Christians nor place any stock in biblical infallibility, and yet Harris persisted merely in reiterating his points. Harris' criticisms are red meat for his partisans in the free thought community, but they had nothing to do with the debate topic that evening, being, in effect, attacks upon the reliability of the biblical portrayal of God. In short, I think I said exactly what you say I should have said, along with recommending Paul Copan's book Is God a Moral Monster? for those who are interested in pursuing the question of biblical ethics.
2. Your second question has to do with the second part of my first contention, namely, that theism provides a sound foundation for objective moral duties. The strategy of the questioner was to try to show that I was caught in the same difficulty that I pressed against Harris' view, namely, that while science can tell us what is the case, it cannot tell us what ought to be the case. In regard to this objection, I think you're absolutely correct that (a) is a problem for naturalism, not for theism, which is why I was careful not to generalize my objection by saying that you can't derive an "ought" from an "is." For my take on this, see Question of the Week #165. As I explained in the debate, it seems to me that moral obligations arise as a consequence of imperatives issued by a competent or qualified authority. In the absence of such imperatives, objective moral duties do not exist. On theism, God, as the Good, is eminently qualified to issue moral commands.
Where the questioner made a misstep was in thinking that on my view, moral duties spring simply from God's existence, which is not the view. Suppose that God never created a concrete world at all or a world in which the highest life form was rabbits, so that there were no created moral agents. In that case, God would not issue any commands, and so there would be no moral obligations or prohibitions of any sort. I suspect the questioner was confusing moral values with moral duties (these are not the same: it would be good for you to become a doctor, but you're not morally obligated to become a doctor). The former are grounded in God Himself, the latter in God's commands.
Be careful, however, not to confuse moral semantics with moral ontology. As I explained during the debate, moral semantics has to do with the meaning of moral terms like "good" and "right." Theists are not offering theistic definitions of moral terms. We are not saying, for example, that "obligatory" means "commanded by God" or some such thing. We are using the terms in their ordinary sense in English. What we are doing is offering an ontology of moral values and duties that grounds them in the reality of God and His commands. This is very important because Harris was making a semantic claim, defining "good" as "the well-being of conscious creatures." It was only on this basis that he could dismiss as senseless the obvious question, why, on atheism, is the well-being of conscious creatures objectively good? The problem for him is, not only does the English word "good" not mean what he says (look in any dictionary), but his re-definition is arbitrary and idiosyncratic.
3. Your third question has to do with the first part of my second contention, that on atheism we do not have a sound foundation for objective moral values. Since my "knock-down" argument against Harris' position was rather technical, let me reproduce it here from my second speech:
On the next to last page of his book, Harris makes the telling admission that if people like rapists, liars, and thieves could be just as happy as good people, then his moral landscape would no longer be a moral landscape; rather it would just be a continuum of well-being, whose peaks are occupied by good and evil people alike (p. 190).
What's interesting about this is that earlier in the book Harris observed that about three million Americans are psychopathic, that is to say, they don't care about the mental states of others. On the contrary, they enjoy inflicting pain on other people (pp. 97-99).
That implies that there is a possible world which we can conceive in which the continuum of human well-being is not a moral landscape. The peaks of well-being could be occupied by evil people. But that entails that in the actual world the continuum of well-being and the moral landscape are not identical either. For identity is a necessary relation. There is no possible world in which some entity A is not identical to A. So if there is any possible world in which A is not identical to B, it follows that A is not in fact identical to B.
Since it's possible that human well-being and moral goodness are not identical, it follows necessarily that human well-being and moral goodness are not the same, as Harris has asserted.
It's not often in philosophy that one finds a knock-down argument against a position, but we seem to have one here. By granting that it's possible that the continuum of well-being is not identical to the moral landscape, Harris' view becomes logically incoherent.
The point is that if the referents of two terms (like "3" and "√9") are identical, they are necessarily identical. But Harris admits that the moral landscape and the continuum of well-being can fall apart. That is absolutely fatal to his attempt to identify moral goodness with the well-being of conscious creatures. It turns out that they cannot be the same thing. But then his whole ethical project collapses.
It's of no avail to say that they are sufficiently close to each other because he has then failed to stave off the question: why, on atheism, is the well-being of conscious creatures objectively good? Remember that his escape from that question was to say that the question makes no sense because he has re-defined "good" to mean "the well-being of conscious creatures." But since goodness and the well-being of conscious creatures are not identical, the question clearly is meaningful and pressing for his view.
But you mean, I think, "sufficiently close" to serve as a guide to moral behavior. This question, however, conflates moral ontology with moral epistemology. This conflation is so pervasive among students that if there were one distinction I could drill into them, it would be this. Moral ontology deals with the reality of moral values and duties; moral epistemology deals with how we come to know what moral values and duties there are. As I repeatedly explained, I am making no claim whatsoever about how we come to discover what goods there are and what duties we have. I'm honestly open to any sort of moral epistemology my interlocutor might propose. (That's why some of the advertising for the debate was misleading in characterizing my position as being that we discover moral values through divine revelation. I neither argue for nor believe such a claim.)
Now in Harris' case, I don't think that the well-being of conscious creatures is a good guide to discovering our moral duties. Indeed, it seems to me that it leads naturally to eugenics. That would be curtains for people like Stephen Hawking—or even myself! On Harris' view if torturing a little girl to death would somehow happen to lead to greater well-being of conscious creatures, then not only is it permissible, but you are morally obligated to torture her to death, which is unconscionable. Harris is aware of these problems (remember his example of the doctor who could save five lives by harvesting the organs of one healthy patient?), and his attempts to avert the consequences of his theory are utterly unconvincing (we can imagine that the doctor knows that no one will find out what he has done). So while I agree that, all else being equal, it's good that conscious creatures flourish, I don't think that this will be a reliable guide to discovering our moral duties.

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Re: Why Nigerian Politicians Now Prefer American Public Relations Firms
Farooq A. Kperogi Saturday, March 07, 2015 Weekly Trust
Twitter: @farooqkperogi Read below a sample of reactions to my last week's column . I am a political public relations professiona...
Twitter: @farooqkperogi
Read below a sample of reactions to my last week's column.
I am a political public relations professional in Nigeria. While I agree with most of your submissions, I disagree with others. You said those of us who are "quick to dismiss Nigerian politicians' newfound fascination with American political consulting firms in this year's election as the product of an inferiority complex" are being "simplistic." I think you're being unkind to some of us. While it is true that many of my colleagues understand their role as attack dogs of politicians, there are some of us who have recognized that political public relations is about creating goodwill for clients, not always attacking opponents. But the politicians we work for want us to attack their opponents, hurl the most vulgar insults you can come up with in rejoinders to negative articles about them. Trying to convince them to use kind words in response to negative stories or articles will cost you your job; they will get someone else who will attack, deride, disgrace, and even lie against opponents. As you rightly said, such an abusive approach to public relations only pleases the politician and those who passionately support him. It can never win new hearts and minds.
Our politicians allow American public political consulting firms to practice scientific public relations because they feel inferior before Americans. If my firm were to take the exact PR proposal that AKPD Message and Media and the Potomac Square Group took to APC and PDP respectively, they will reject it. So it's not simplistic at all to say that Nigerian politicians' fascination with American political consulting firms is a result of inferiority complex.
Abdullahi Musa (not real name not to cause offence to my clients)
I love the way you tactfully responded to that ignorant rejoinder to your beautiful and insightful column on dumbo Sambo. That was classy. I thought you would deploy your powerful pen (or is it keyboard) to crush the idiot. Having said that, I am shocked that Daily Trust would publish such an ill-informed personal attack on one of its most outstanding columnists. The paper's editors know you're not Nupe, that you're not a "grammar journalist," that your Notes from Atlanta column, which started as Notes from Louisiana, preceded your Politics of Grammar column in Sunday Trust by six years, that your grammar column is one of the, if not the, most popular column in the Trust stables, and that you've been writing sizzling political commentaries in your Weekly Trust column for years, yet they allowed an article that said you're just now publishing political commentaries because you want political appointment from APC to be published. Haba!
The writer is clearly as dumb as dumbo Sambo and Jonathan or is, to use the expression of one of your readers, part of the "confederacy of dunces" that the Jonathan/Sambo regime represents. The writer also wanted to divert attention from Sambo's embarrassing inability to recite Fatiha by talking about your so-called "Nupe-accented prayers." Well, first, those of us who have been reading you unfailingly for over one decade know you are not Nupe; we know you consistently say you're Baatonu from Borgu in Kwara State. But even if you're Nupe, so what? What is "Nupe-accented prayers"? The dullard has certainly never heard you speak. How does he know your accent? In any case, in several of your past articles, you have said your father was an Arabic teacher and that you learned to read Arabic before going to Western schools. Although I don't know you and have never heard you speak, it isn't difficult to imagine you being "accentless" (if such a word exists) in your prayers. But that's even by the way. The writer's ultimate goal was to cause a friction between Nupes and Hausa-Fulani. Fortunately, no one took the bait. It's sad that VP Sambo's aides, in defending their boss' divisive statement about Muslims and Christians, sought to create another division between northern Muslims. Can these idiots stop this divide-and-rule nonsense already? If this is public relations, I want no part of it.
Sabi'u Umar
Certainly, the professional foreign PR firms will do a better job although I don't know if the poor-quality PR in Nigeria should be blamed on professional local firms or on the use of non-professionals like Abati, Okupe and Fani-Kayode. The point you made about crudeness is accurate because it seems that people like Fani-Kayode and Okupe got appointed by this government because they did well in the crudeness department under Obasanjo. However, one strange thing I've observed about Nigeria is that what I dismiss as crude is often what sells very well. I was told that producers in Nollywood make more "crude" films (with lots of adult tantrums, exaggerated display of emotion and witch-craft) because they actually sell better. Also, I have labeled the messages of some politicians in Nigeria as crude only to be forced to admit that the messages resonate with large segments of the population.
Raji Bello
Thank you Dr. Kperogi for this very educative piece. I'm a fan of the Roman politician Cicero, having read not only his real-life history, but also fictionalized accounts of Roman society in which Cicero featured prominently. On the point about the crudeness of Nigerian politicians and their henchmen, no doubt, Okupe, Abati and Fani-Kayode all owe their current appointments to the crudeness they manifested in times past. I remember Fani-Kayode, the crudest of the three, engaging in verbal fights with civil rights activists and even clerics opposed to Obasanjo's third term agenda during 2005-2006. Fani-Kayode, who was the presidential spokesman, used abusive language and threats of violence against everyone opposed to his boss, so much that former US Asst Secretary of State Mike Cohen once compared him to Tariq Azeez, Saddam Hussein's information minister.
Yet, we must also remember a country called Nigeria where politicians behaved in a more mature manner than what we have today. When Buhari contested against Obasanjo in 2003, and against Yar'adua in 2007, neither NTA nor AIT aired the distasteful anti-Buhari propaganda that they now broadcast on a daily basis. That means the crude politics we see today owes more to a difference in attitude between Obasanjo's and Jonathan's governments than the intrinsic crudeness of ordinary Nigerians as Raji seems to believe. The damage the Jonathan government has caused Nigeria is indeed beyond measure, but I'm consoled with the fact that it will soon end, even if the ill-effects will last for generations to come.
Nura Alkali
Weekly Trust
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Inefficiency in your company's existing software poses a major need for some specialized software functions. Software development meets the much needed features, such as invoicing or inventory and contact management and overcomes those problems raised due to unskilled applications in the software. Ensure about assessing the developer, than assessing the software technology, as selecting the right technology may be daunting, if you are not technically sound. Developing the software successfully is completely dependent on your partnership with your freelance software developer, so go for highly skilled one, who can assist you in all kinds of needs.
Software development cannot be fruitful without proper analysis and well structured definition of your business's software requirements. Dedicate large amount of time in estimation of your needs, as this is the crucial period for the success in the development of software.
Enumerate all your requirements and send them to the potential developers, whom you can find by asking business people or by researching web directories, so that they can quote you about their charges and may ask you for further proceedings. Hire a freelance software developer and be constantly in touch with him/her for proper analysis of your needs.
Personality and communication skills may seem trivial, but they are vital in getting along with your software developer. You have to sit and work with him by providing your needs, as this may lead to some difficulties and sometimes become draining. It is imperative to deal with your developer clearly and patiently as this affects the total output. Passion in the work system negates all the misunderstandings and helps for the greater good and will bring success to your organization.
You can hire software developer to work on your website and impressively activate an identity in the potential market. Customer satisfaction is the motto for many developers, so you don't have to promise them about salary or incentives.
Automation industry is a growing sector in the global market and so does the need for automation tools. Two most important and popular tools in industrial automation systems are PLC SCADA. Automation PLC SCADA is in fact, a common term used in the manufacturing system trainings where these tools are a major contributor to the high-end quality product.
Talking about the manufacturing process, an interface is a high-end requirement in order to process the machinery or the plant. That requirement is thus provided by control system architecture which is called SCADA. SCADA systems represent the data in order to communicate the same in terms of graphical representation, log making, and animation sometimes. PLC, programmable logic controller, on the other hand, is a hardware that is used to control various numbers of inputs and outputs by reaching the physical sensor on the board. Together, Automation PLC SCADA is the biggest requirement in terms of improvising a secure method of manufacturing that controls the programming structure of the machines too.
Interface communication under the manufacturing process like point changing controller set is an interface communicated by PLC which is handled under the supervisors' computer system of SCADA. With a combination of secure interface and quality supervision, automation PLC SCADA is a combined requirement in every manufacturing industry. PLCProgramming.co.za is specialized in PLC programing and providing quality solutions for SCADA systems.
Automation PLC SCADA is in fact, a perfectly secure solution to keep the programming of the process secure and confidential. SCRIPTS, the coding used in the programming of SCADA systems is an interface which can only be programmed by the department operator. Initially, the coding is designed and programmed by a single user which is hired to code the confidential information into the programming that will lead to a quality result.
In fact, Automation SCADA tools introduction to the manufacturing industry was one of the major reasons of combining the corporate and academic needs of automation industry. Since graduates are switching to a successful career in the field of manufacturing, automation PLC and SCADA tools became a desperate need of training program for the individuals passionate about the same industry.
In addition to the same, various PLC programming companies started developing PLC and SCADA tools. With such requirement, the trainers were hired for the corporate firms with leading knowledge of decades under the same category. The introduction of Automation PLC SCADA in the global sector was not only a revolutionary change in industrial automation sector but also a great demand in academic needs of engineers.
An article conclusion, though the last thing read in the article, can make or break the article. The conclusion is the part that closes the article and leaves a statement about what the writer wants the article viewer to remember. Of course, there are a number of article writers who are guilty of article conclusion mistakes. These mistakes may seem like a small thing to even waste time being concerned about. Yet the article conclusion, when poorly written can end up making the entire article really ineffective.
One of the most common mistakes article writers commit is when they forget to include a conclusion. Believe it or not, some articles have no conclusion at all. After the writer has stated the points in the body, the reader is left hanging. The annoying thing about this is the inflow of the ideas in the article ceases in the reader. Instead of making the article interesting, the article that has just abruptly stopped without a really ending. So read on to learn jak napsat článek effectively.
An article conclusion is also important in leaving the important ideas you wish to convey with the reader. There are instances when the reader is not able to fully absorb the contents of the article. The conclusion works by wrapping up all the ideas. You can add emphasis to the most important article ideas. Many conclusions do not do this at all. There may be a conclusion but it does not restate the ideas contained in the article.
Forgetting to create the connection between the introduction and the conclusion is another mistake. The introduction gives an overview of what the article is about. In the conclusion, there is a need to restate what was earlier provided in the introduction.
The conclusion is also the part of the article where resources should be stated. A lot of conclusions fail to include the resources as well as links leading to their site. In the end, the article becomes just a piece of writing containing information instead of one that helps generate traffic to a main website.
Not including a preparatory closing statement is another issue. Words such as "In conclusion", "Finally", "In summary", are just few of the common closing statements.
Finally, a plain article conclusion will not do any good to the site. The conclusion must be one that will leave something in the minds of the readers and get them to act right away. This will either lead them to visit the site or be interested in reading more.
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Is it the 21st century trend or the money of the future?
The word cryptocurrency is derived from the concept of cryptography which basically means the digital form of money that can be used to encrypt or protect the transactions and regulate the assembly of the currency.
World's first decentralized peer to peer digital currency is Bitcoin. The success of Bitcoin has shown the path for development of new cryptocurrencies. This success has cleared the way for new cryptocurrency development services.
From where did this cryptocurrency originate?
The inventor of Bitcoin which is the first and the important cryptocurrency, never looked for inventing a currency. The significant thing was that the inventor found a way to develop a decentralized digital cash system. In today's era, cryptocurrency has become an important asset for online users who are willing to invest online.
Bitcoin has been a great achievement. Since the bitcoin is open source, anyone can use the same for making another cryptocurrency. This becomes little complex for people to understand it, but if you get it, you will know about the cryptocurrencies way more than the other people.
What makes a firm better than and superior to another? How to tell the good from the bad? Which firm will serve your purpose the best? If you are planning to set up an online store, how would you know which firm would be the best for the project? In case you do not have much idea of how the web behaves and works, then you should definitely read this article to know what to look for and what to expect from the website design companies you have listed out for hiring.
Picking up the right firm to build your site is equivalent to choosing a good planner to build up your home. You want both the constructions to be solid, sturdy, functional and good-looking. So, while hunting for the right website design company, make sure to listen to team opinions rather than your own individual point of view. Also, ensure that the firm has been in the industry for a while, has enough experience of handling similar projects, nurtures a strong team of talents and has been entitled to positive reviews from previous clients.
If it is really a professional Web Design Company, it surely will have an entire development team, rather than a single person handling everything. While too many cooks spoil the broth, the saying goes otherwise in the case of building an online platform. To make sure that the site is built up in the most effective way, you will need the help of graphic designers, programmers, coders, search engine optimizers and also content writers. Take the situation as this: You do not call for a single person to construct a house. There will be masons to lay the stones, electricians to suffice all electrical connection requirements, plumbers to see to the pipings and fittings of the building, etcetera, etcetera.
A firm's work portfolio reflects the quality of work that would be delivered to you. If it is missing, know that the firm is not inclined toward letting its clients know about how they perform thing. Never hesitate to ask the firm for previous work records. You will never know what to expect of it unless you see it's skills.
The firm must have a valid physical address of its office. If you are placed in the same location, it is good. But in case you are outsourcing the project, there will reasons where you will need to know where the firm's office is located.
Testimonials from previous clients serve as a kind of security in your attempt to select the right firm. References are likewise and address to your fears and doubts of hiring the firm. Make sure that you are provided with testimonials and references. If not, then it is better to keep off from such dubious enterprises.
The list of firms you have sorted out to hire must fall under the 'reasonably priced' category. Employing them should not exceed your budget. Remember, the entire game is all about a good Return on Investment (ROI), and only best affordable website design companies can meet up to this expectation of yours.
These are just the basics. There are a million ways of knowing which website design companies would be best for your project. For instance, a firm's own site can speak a lot about the quality of work it is going to present to you. And, if it is proficient, it will include a portfolio on the site too. There would be testimonials from previous clients in it, that would prove helpful for your hiring needs. Also, you have Google to learn how the firm is performing search engine optimization for its own site. With so many options, you can surely hit upon the right firm to lend out your project.


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Quality should be the first consideration every organization's component management improvements. An organization is defined by how things are done now. Efficiency, outcome, and the level of the client's satisfaction are what deny how well the management is. To achieve the level of a client's satisfaction, the level of performance should be high and the quality of the products should be directly linked to the organization's delivery of service. To achieve this, improvement from what is currently happening, at Altium, the following are ways in which the organization makes improvements to its components.
All the designs are well equipped with their appropriate parts using enhanced features. This makes it easy to leverage any new or already existing library assets for the entire design team.
The existing component libraries are easily leveraged in the vault with single-step library migration. All trusted designs are securely centralized without any hassles coming in between.
The exact component needed for the design project is put in place with enhanced search capabilities. There are dozens of parameters to choose from. These range from footprint parameters to manufacturer part numbers. Save the search and filter the results.
Design assets can easily be accessible by people in the design process using new and improved centralized data management features. Therefore, make sure your work is confidently done.
With customized item manager auto matching, projects are quickly synchronized into the vault. All parameter fields are well defined to update assets that are not managed yet with verified design data in the vault.
On the other hand, the next project, the right parts are placed with the new part choice catalog. Thousands of ready-to-use Altium verified suppliers' components are accessible. Another option is the addition of a new enterprise supplier connection from the vault web UI.
The teams design workflows streamlined with advanced tools. This eases the ability to collaborate and share projects across the entire domains o the design process.
Verified project snapshots are easily added to the vault with the streamlined project releaser. Creation of customized variants of projects is quickly customized or fabrication and assembly.
Connection to the vault is seamlessly maintained with True Windows Session Authentication. To log into the vault, use the windows session without manually entering login detail.
Design projects are at all times kept standardized with expanded templates. Creation, modification and distribution is done on templates for projects.
Timely and effective feedback is very crucial and critical to the success of component management improvements. In conjunction with setting attainable goals, all management programs set in place should be effectively used. When effective and truthful feedback is given to employees or designers on their progress towards their goals, designers and other employees performance will improve. Employees need to be told once in a while and in a timely manner how they're doing, what's working, what needs to be changed, what needs to remain the same and what's not working.
Feedback does not come from everyone. However, there are still many sources where feedback is relayed. It can come from the components management team, supervisors, heads of departments, measurements systems, customers, designers and many others. Whatever the source, certain elements are still needed to ensure the effectiveness and the success of component management improvements.


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Five years since The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake returns with his fourth studio album, Man of the Woods, which arrives just in time for his performance at Sunday's Super Bowl LII Halftime Show.
The 16-song project, which Timberlake describes as "modern Americana with 808s," features an all-star cast of collaborators, including Alicia Keys ("Morning Light") and Chris Stapleton ("Say Something"), with production from Timbaland, Danja, Pharrell Williams, and Chad Hugo.
Leading up to the album's release, Timberlake rolled out "Filthy," "Supplies," and "Say Something." Two out of the three made it onto the Billboard Hot 100, with "Filthy" opening at No. 9 and "Supplies" bowing at No. 71.
Inspired by his son Silas, whose name means "of the woods," Timberlake says this album is his most personal to date. "It's definitely the most introspective record I've made," he told Beats 1. "Every album I've done before that was about aspiration…Everything before Man of the Woods is aspiration and Man of the Woods really is the inspiration. When you have kids, all of a sudden, you're faced with your own childhood."
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In about a month, Google is going to release a game on Google+ based on Google Maps and built using WebGL (Sorry IE users).
…there's a video preview of a new Google Maps for Google+ app shown below which uses WebGL and apparently user-location to collect points as you travel around floorplan maps. Full details haven't been shared, but the game will apparently arrive in February.
Now the video doesn't show much about the details for the game but navigating a 3d mapping world (using the Google Maps API) in a WebGL application in a browser is pretty awesome. Plus going inside and outside the buildng? Sign me up!
Looks like fun to me, but we'll have to wait a month.
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Sterling and Wilson Solar begins construction of 200 MW solar project in Australia
New Delhi | Published: December 9, 2019 4:35:02 PM
The turnkey solar EPC (engineering procurement and construction) project -- Wellington Solar Farm -- is being developed by Lightsource BP, an independent global leader in the funding, development, acquisition and management of solar PV projects, Sterling and Wilson Solar said in a statement.
Wellington Solar Farm is a solar photovoltaic (PV) independent power project (IPP) being constructed on 490 Ha (hectare) of land, northeast of the town of Wellington in New South Wales.
Shapoorji Pallonji group firm Sterling and Wilson Solar Ltd (SWSL) on Monday said the company has begun construction of a 200 MW solar project in Australia. The turnkey solar EPC (engineering procurement and construction) project — Wellington Solar Farm — is being developed by Lightsource BP, an independent global leader in the funding, development, acquisition and management of solar PV projects, Sterling and Wilson Solar said in a statement.
Wellington Solar Farm is a solar photovoltaic (PV) independent power project (IPP) being constructed on 490 Ha (hectare) of land, northeast of the town of Wellington in New South Wales. The project is planned to be commissioned by December 2020 and once operational, the plant will produce enough solar energy to power 70,000 homes, and save 336,000 tonnes of carbon emissions, which is the equivalent of taking 121,580 cars off the road, the statement added.
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"This will be one of the larger and significant projects being built in Australia. We will leverage from our recent acquisition of GCo Solar in Australia which has executed Solar projects for major developers," Bikesh Ogra, Director and Global CEO, SWSL said. Sterling and Wilson Solar has been executing projects globally and has to its credit more than 8.8 GWp of high performing solar power projects in various geographies.
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James Motlatsi (born 5 June 1951) is a Mosotho mining executive and former trade union leader, who has been active in South Africa.

Born in Mohale's Hoek in Lesotho, Motlatsi became a labourer at the Welkom gold mine in 1970.  He was gradually promoted, becoming a driller, then a team leader, and eventually working as a personnel assistant.  In 1981, the Council of Unions of South Africa resolved to establish a mining union, and Motlatsi met Cyril Ramaphosa, who was its main organiser.  Motlatsi was enthusiastic, and immediately began recruiting members at the mine.  When the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was officially founded, in 1982, he was elected as its first president.

The NUM grew rapidly, to become the largest union in South Africa, and moved to affiliate to the Congress of South African Trade Unions.  He was fired from his mining job during a 1987 strike, and thereafter worked full-time for the union.  In 1990, he and Ramaphosa were both arrested for leading a march during another strike.  He stood down from his trade union post in 2000, to work for AngloGold Ashanti.  In 2005, he purchased 75% of Teba, becoming its executive chair, the remainder of the company being given to its employees.

Motlatsi has been awarded the Order of Ramatseatsana, served on the council of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was a founder of the Adopt-A-School Foundation and the Vaal Reefs Disaster Fund.

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Paul Abraham of Heading Onwards writes about why he has again sponsored the Igniting Inspiration campaign which showcases women in the North who are making a positive difference.
"I'm proud to be a sponsor for a third year of the high-profile annual Igniting Inspiration Campaign, set up by Inspiring Women Changemakers (IWC). What I experience as both a member and sponsor of the organisation continues to exceed my expectations.
The Igniting Inspiration Awards campaign highlights the inspirational stories of women changemakers in the North. With each nomination published on the IWC website as a case study, we learn about ordinary women doing extraordinary things, whose stories often go unheard.
From businesswomen to asylum-seeking women, the inspirational nominees represent the full spectrum of society. Everybody is welcome. They show us that it's possible to make positive change, whatever resources you have at your disposal.
What's in it for sponsors?
Inspiring Women Changemakers has a wide reach through its website and social media channels. IWC's approach to inclusion and its positive online presence is just a two of the reasons the organisation is valued so much, not just by its members but by its media partners, by businesses like mine, and by the wider community.
The ability to align my brand with theirs is valuable, and the affordable sponsorship packages IWC has created for exclusively for small businesses offer real value for money. My early involvement in the campaign means that my brand will be put in front of a broad audience from March right through until November!
Why a digital approach works
IWC has an online treasure trove of advice, inspirational stories and blogs which are easy to share. The resources help to guide, motivate and bring clarity when facing new or challenging situations. However independent and strong you are, there is always a point where you need some expert guidance. This is where IWC goes the extra mile – and it always does so with warmth and integrity.
Having experienced mental health issues since childhood and being five minutes from suicide in 2014, this is a matter close to my heart. I'm pleased to say that I am now a registered Mental Health First Aider and owner of Heading Onwards, as well as the President of the Northern Boxers Federation.
In large part, my life changes have arisen as a result of being a member of the Inspiring Women Changemakers movement and through coaching from its Founder, Anj Handa who has an amazing ability to see things from a different angle.
Mental Health issues can strike anybody at any time. In fact, according to MIND, one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem in any one year and almost one in five people will experience suicidal thoughts and feelings during their lifetime.
The Igniting Inspiration campaign provides a great boost to morale – so get nominating!
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Inspiring Women Changemakers member Paul Abraham played rugby at amateur level before becoming a successful coach for under 14/15 players. His teams went on to win championships and cups at club level and had involvement at county level. Paul then moved to the professional level, where he worked as fitness coach and match day physiotherapist. His coaching company Heading Onwards is a sponsor of Bramley Buffaloes RLFC and our Igniting Inspiration campaign. He is a champion for women at all levels in society.
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RAIN Group Ranks 3,411 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 List
Global sales training company achieves three-year revenue growth of 153%; recognized for the second consecutive year
BOSTON — August 16, 2022 — RAIN Group, a global sales training company helping clients improve sales results through training, coaching, and reinforcement, announced today it was named to the 2022 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.
Ranked № 3411, RAIN Group secured a spot on the list for the second consecutive year for achieving three-year revenue growth of 153%.
"This honor is a testament to all the hard work our team has put forth. Several significant changes in recent years have made this growth possible. We launched a new learning architecture, adopted a world-class sales enablement technology to deliver modern training, and released new research on sales management," said Mike Schultz, president at RAIN Group.
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
Schultz added, "We continue to help organizations achieve results they never thought were possible. One client has a waitlist of employees wanting to go through our program because they see their colleagues having success. Reps typically avoid training because it's boring, and they don't find it adds to their success. We know what we're doing is having a meaningful impact for sellers, sales managers, and companies overall."
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent — not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies — as of December 31, 2021.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
About RAIN Group
Founded in 2002, RAIN Group is a Top Sales Training Company that delivers award-winning results through training, coaching, and reinforcement. The firm has helped hundreds of thousands of salespeople, managers, and professionals in more than 75 countries significantly increase their sales results. Headquartered in the greater Boston area, office locations include Bogotá, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Santiago, São Paulo, Seoul, Sydney, and Toronto. To learn more about RAIN Group and how it can help you improve your sales results, visit http://www.raingroup.com.
About Inc.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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BELPHEGOR: 'Totenritual' Cover Artwork Unveiled
European diabolical death/black metal kings BELPHEGOR will release their new album, "Totenritual", on September 15 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was recorded at Stage One Studios in Germany and Studio Mischmaschine in Austria and will be mixed by Jason Suecof and mastered by Mark Lewis at Audiohammer Studios in Florida.
The artwork was once again created by Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, who also painted the cover artwork for 2006's "Pestokalypse VI" and 2014's "Conjuring The Dead". Check it out below.
BELPHEGOR singer, guitarist and founder Helmuth Lehner states: "It is the most brutally heavy offering we have consecrated thus far. The drums are precise and very technical with loads of breaks, fills and tempo changes. The bass is like a panzer tank. Also, the rhythm guitars are utterly aggressive and obscure. You don't hear guitars like that anywhere with such a massively low tuning."
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Baphomet
02. The Devil's Son
03. Swinefever - Regent Of Pigs
04. Apophis - Black Dragon
05. Totenkult - Exegesis Of Deterioration
06. Totenbeschwörer [Instrumental]
07. Spell Of Reflection
08. Embracing A Star
09. Totenritual
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Ex-Christie Aide Says Gov's Self-Exoneration Is Riddled With Errors
By Eric Lach
May 15, 2014 10:40 a.m.
More questions are being raised about the internal review that cleared New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) of any role in the George Washington Bridge lane closures, this time by an attorney representing the governor's former campaign manager, Bill Stepien.
Saying that the time had come to "set the record straight" about his client, New Jersey attorney Kevin Marino on Wednesday made public a letter he sent last month to the lawyer that led the review, Randy Mastro. In the letter, Marino demanded the correction of two "false and misleading" statements contained in the report, which was released in late March.
"On April 2, 2014, in an effort to inject the truth into the collective 'bloodstream,' I sent Randy Mastro the attached letter demanding that he correct the Gibson Dunn Report's unsupported conclusions regarding Mr. Stepien's role in Bridgegate," Marino wrote in a statement emailed to reporters.
In January, following the release of a first round of subpoenaed documents related to the lane closures, Christie forced Stepien — who had been a close advisor and was considered as a rising Republican star — to leave his role as a consultant to the Republican Governors' Association, and to take his name out of the running for chairman of New Jersey's Republican Party. Marino has argued those actions were unfair, and that his client is innocent of any wrongdoing in the scandal.
In his letter last month, Marino demanded that Mastro amend his report to "expressly state what his investigation had clearly revealed: that Mr. Stepien was not involved in the origination, planning, execution, or concealment of [former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive] David Wildstein's lane closure plan, and that last December 12th, Mr. Stepien candidly informed the Governor of his advance knowledge of that plan and of his proper suggestion that Mr. Wildstein vet that plan with the powers-that-be in Trenton [N.J.], not with him."
"I also urged Mr. Mastro to correct his flatly-erroneous legal assertion that Mr. Stepien's proper invocation of his constitutional rights … somehow supports a proper inference that he is guilty of wrongdoing," Marino said in his statement.
Thus far, Stepien has refused to cooperate with state lawmakers investigating the scandal, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights and going to court to avoid having to turn over documents subpoenaed by a special committee. (Federal prosecutors are also investigating the scandal.)
Stepien is not the first person to raise concerns about the so-called Mastro report. The legal team that put it together was unable to interview numerous key figures in the scandal, including Stepien, Wildstein, and former Christie deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly. And while the report concluded that Christie was blameless in the bridge affair, it was unable to answer basic questions about why exactly the lanes were closed and how the plan originated.
After its release, Christie's critics called the report a "white wash." And earlier this month, former Christie aide Christina Renna testified before the legislative committee that there were "inaccuracies" in the section of the report that summarized her interview with the legal team.
In his April letter to Mastro, Marino raised numerous objections to the language used and conclusions reached by the report.
"Regrettably, in every instance in which the investigators who prepared the Report were confronted with a gap in the evidence, they filled that void with surmise — surmise which, in Mr. Stepien's case, seems designed for the sole and improper purpose of justifying what has since been revealed to be the clear mistreatment he received," Marino wrote.
Marino also raised the possibility of Stepien taking legal action over the report's content.
"To state, as the Report does at Page 126, that Mr. Stepien lied to Mr. Christie — a man to whom he was unshakably loyal and unfailingly honest throughout their relationship — is reprehensible regardless of your motive for doing so. It is also actionable," Marino wrote. "We insist that you retract it now."
Marino is no friend of the lawmakers investigating the lane closures. He has accused the special committee of conducting a political investigation. But in his statement to reporters on Wednesday, Marino said that he was left with no choice but to make his letter to Mastro public. "In particular," Marino wrote, "we urge the Committee to review the attached letter and those portions of the Gibson Dunn Report to which it refers."
In a statement to The Bergen Record on Wednesday, Mastro defended his team's report
"Shortly after receiving Bill Stepien's lawyer's request to 'correct' our report, we respectfully declined because, based on the evidence, there is no basis for any correction," Mastro said. "We nevertheless offered Bill Stepien and his lawyer the opportunity to provide us with any evidence they wanted us to consider, but we have received nothing from them. And self-serving statements by lawyers are not evidence. Hence, our report stands as is."
Marino letter to Mastro
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Looks like we're going to defend our way over the try line, triffic.
No doubt they're building an extension at Farleigh as we speak to accommodate all these coaches!
Can't complain about being spread too thin in the future.
Here's hoping they'll instill a mixture of grit and flare into our squad.
alibev you've not noticed that Fords defences aren't that good so we'll be scoring from restarts !!
I'm excited... looks good, and to be fair Gold knows what he's doing...Exciting times ahead..
Intrestingly the BBC sports news site have Brad as the Attack coach..
I am looking forward to watching this come together next season. I really hope they can integrate Brad into this and make the most of his talents - he's a top bloke and we'd be foolish to let someone of his abilities wander off to another Club.
Maybe wrong, but don't think Brad is the sort of guy that would just accept a role so if he is attack coach must feel he can do something there, when that is his focus.
A new era. One that will receive my full support.
Brad will be skills coach. An attack coach isn't the most important thing. If you have quick go forward ball and are well coached in the core skills you will score tries naturally. With Donald, Barkley, Bendy, Biggs, Louw etc in the side I'm sure once we start fronting up we will open up space and score points.
Did we really need yet another topic on this, nice way of splitting the discussion.
On topic, as a total guess It could be that Gold is only in for the short term, to lay the foundations, with Booth taking over next season. As I said, total guess.
Brad is the attack coach.
Only Wallace Arnold have more coaches.
I bet a few LI fans are dissapointed to see Hatley and Booth go!! was surprised by Booth but all in all all 5 men will get my 100% backing and I wish them good luck!
Gruniand say Justin Bishop too! Was that mentioned earlier?
Isn't Neil Hatley wotsisname Hatleys brother who was our scrum half a few years back?
The minute any one mentions "taking the positives" from a performance and they are off my Xmas card list!
Im just wondering what year contracts all these men are on? Hope Gold isnt going to go after like a season and then Booth takes over?? Wonder what all the players will make of this as well?
Though no mention of Ford and seem to have a Flatley rather than Hatley, makes me think maybe their article is wrong.
Irish Times too, but could be the same duff source and dodgy spellchecker?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/05/2012 16:57 by Bathbadger.
Yes, Zacdog, Steve Hatley played for Bath in the late 90s if my memory serves me right!
Let's hope it is a winning combination, however, it does rather rub salt into the wound, we have just gone through a disasterous season with two and a bit coaches and now see the need to double that number. Why wasn't Meehan replaced straightaway?
Wish the new team all the best, they will have my support.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/05/2012 17:11 by devizes bath fan.
London Irish webiste says Booth, Bishop and Hatley are leaving.
Given two of them are coming here I suppose it is natural to assume the other one is. But I guess in that case why wasn't e named with the other two?
But Booth does like players like Mapusa and Elvis so there could be a new attacking rugby Bod, I suppose it is a case of wait for the friendlies.
Have you found the Black Rat?? I have!!
Well that sounds very positive, twice the number of coaches that we had. I think the Grauniad have got their wires crossed. Onwards and upwards I hope very much.
Bit of SMee bit of smash a bit of Maul and a lot of high tempo rucking.
Lets hope Brad is still to the fore in a "new" role, I have a lot of time for him.
Surely we'll be playing like Irish.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/05/2012 17:58 by Bri.
Nah! That was just wind!
I'm well happy with this!
Unlike what seems to be the majority on this board, I rate Booth and think he did well at Irish with some astute signings and the ability to bring the best out of Stowers, Mapasua, Tagi, Kennedy etc. Irish also had a rock solid set piece and this is integral to any good side.
Hatley is a great guy.....I met him at the FB7s and he's more than happy having a chat and a pint with you. The LI board seem genuinely gutted to be losing him. He knows what is required at the 'coal face' and he's done a great job at the Irish academy bringing through some real talent...hopefully he'll bring Corbisiero and the vastly underrated Max Lahiff with him!
SR - any crew that can blow Glaws out of the water gets my support.
Maybe we need to take them all to one side and fill them all in on how the Sectarian divide works eh? Just to put them straight - don't want any "misunderstandings"!
They drop the ball don't they therefore they are essential to scrummaging as without them there would be fewer scrums !!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/05/2012 21:20 by Huxster.
Im delighted that Brad is staying and as promised by NB, will be an integral part of the coaching set up ....and WOW what a set up. Im pleased that Marshie got it wrong on this rare occasion and Booth has joined the impressive Gold. Ford has a lot to prove and under this regime he has that opportunity to show us and the Rugby World how good a coach he is. Getting Hats might prove to be the greatest coup of the lot. His reputation amongst the Irish backroom and faithful is of a quality bloke who knows his rugby and knows and FORWARD PLAY.
NB...no need to travel to Silverstone to view stands with covering...the sun shines on the righteous and with this lot weve got a real chance of making MASSIVE improvement next year...its not going to rain on our parade.
Where did you hear about the pre season friendlies FairShout.
Both Gold and Hatley responded straight away to welcomes on Twitter - I find that immensely encouraging.
Always away, as we don't have use of The Rec in August.
Played Bristol and the Rebels home this season.
Gary Gold's Twitter page states: "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible"
Agreed! Let's go get the triple next season then GG!
Welcome all. Onwards and upwards.
Can't recommend Cardiff (awful roundball stadium), never been to Swansea for the rugby. We do conservation work on Kew Palace, so a midweek fixture at Deer Park coincidence would be great.